antireform
- noun
- /ˌæntiˈrɪfɔrm/
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antirreformista
- Many politicians are labeled as antireform for their resistance to changes that could benefit the education system.
Examples
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It also strengthens the hand of antireform elements in Moscow and Central Asia, which is contrary to the interests, security, and prosperity of those states' peoples.
Academic text (2004) -
Voicing their concerns through the General Agricultural Association (AGA), landholders published antireform pamphlets in which they claimed communist infiltration of the Guatemalan government.
Academic text (2001) -
The antireform protest gathered hundreds of people who believed that the proposed changes to the healthcare system would harm their community.
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Her antireform stance was evident when she spoke against the new policies designed to improve public transportation.
Synonyms
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4.4
A person who does not want big changes and likes traditional values
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5.6
A person who holds strongly to old customs and resists change
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8.6
A person who wants society to go back to how it was and opposes change
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9.1
A person who tries to undo a large change in government
A person who strongly supports how things are and resists change
A person who does not like change and new ideas
A person who tries to bring back the old government after a revolution
Antonyms
How Reformist
Surface Forms
Morphology
antireform = antireform (semi-transparent) = anti + reform
This noun is a substantivized use of the adjective 'antireform', so the connection is clear but slightly less direct than the adjective itself.
Etymology
Antireform is made of anti- 'against' and reform 'change for the better', so an antireform is a person who is 'against' reforms and wants to keep the old ways.